Example sentences of "[num] years of [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Guitarist I feel I must put pen to paper , having just been to an excellent ‘ 30 Years of Jim Marshall ’ evening here in Copenhagen , Denmark . |
| 2 | The talks failed to produce an agreement to end almost 30 years of guerrilla war ; both sides remained divided on the scope and location of the areas to which the guerrillas would be restricted prior to a ceasefire coming into operation . |
| 3 | During over 30 years of adventures Bonington has faced great danger — he admits he is lucky to be alive — and lost many friends . |
| 4 | He says : ‘ The initial expectation was that Eastern Europe would replay the last 30 years of telecommunications history in Western Europe , buying miles of copper cable and so on . |
| 5 | That 's partly because 30 years of pop culture have soaked the working classes with cool and partly because the present generation of art students , thanks to the cuts and the anti-Marxist/'60s/experimental backlash , are wankers . |
| 6 | A London Weekend Television special marking Bond 's 30th anniversary in the cinema , 30 Years of James Bond ( ITV , 9.20pm ) reveals the truth behind those daring stunts . |
| 7 | At thirty-six years of age Kell was chosen as one of its first two directors and shortly afterwards took over full responsibility for the defensive side . |
| 8 | 140 Years of Innovation SINGER |
| 9 | Linear discriminant analysis showed that polyp recurrence within 2 years of index polypectomy was most likely to occur when index labelling indices were greater than 15.5 for compartment 3 or greater than 3.5 for compartment 4+5 . |
| 10 | The forest peoples of Borneo include groups who plant rattans as part of the shifting cultivation ( swidden ) cycle , the palms being planted as the gardens are left fallow after 1 or 2 years of crop production . |
| 11 | From their discarded belongings she had made a museum that recorded forty years of family history . |
| 12 | The effects of forty years of apartheid ideology and hundreds of years of racial discrimination on South African society have been reflected and reproduced in its education system . |
| 13 | The closure brings to an end 67 years of rayon activity at Cornwall , making it by far the Group 's longest surviving manufacturing unit . |
| 14 | So , in a week that found Hooker registering his fourth UK album success , it could hardly come as a complete surprise to find ol' John Lee celebrating 43 years of chart activity by appearing on Top Of The Pops . |
| 15 | John Lee Hooker : ‘ Woke up this mornin' , found I 'd had 43 years of chart activity … ’ |
| 16 | With the flight into Cosford on July 27 , WL679 marked the end of an era that stretched over 43 years of sterling service for the type . |
| 17 | Mr Bates became the Chief Officer in over 43 years of railway fire service — probably a record . |
| 18 | A 9,000 crowd had the satisfaction of seeing Tendulkar make the highest score in 22 years of Sunday League games against Lancashire . |
| 19 | The first and most powerful emotion was pride in what this moment meant for so many millions , and especially for their leaders , who had succeeded in making this return after 22 years of isolation conditional on the genuine opening up of cricket to all South Africans . |
| 20 | AS the United States voted today for its next President , opinion poll leader Bill Clinton confidently climaxed his gruelling campaign by urging Americans to back new ideas after 12 years of Republican leadership . |
| 21 | The backbone of his campaign was a plea to reject the economic policies of the past 12 years of Republican administrations , which he derisively labelled ‘ trickle-down economics ’ in which tax breaks are given to the wealthy in the hope that the benefits will ‘ trickle down ’ to lower-income groups . |
| 22 | Comics have had the greatest punchbags and been the antidote to 12 years of Republican rule . |
| 23 | President Bill Clinton will represent a decisive break from 12 years of Republican Party rule . |
| 24 | With nearly 300 years of insurance experience , SUN ALLIANCE is one of the largest and most experienced insurance groups in the UK , and has an unrivalled reputation in providing first-class insurance products . |
| 25 | Written by both French and American authors and introduced by Michel Butor , L'Art des Etats Unis covers over 300 years of U.S. architecture , painting , photography and decorative art ( FFr990 ) . |
| 26 | With 300 years of coal reserves still under the ground here , there are still young Foresters hopeful of a traditional future down the pit . |
| 27 | Its struggle for existence has taken in 20 years of Fascism and six years of wartime occupation . |
| 28 | In an editorial on 2 November 1985 , headlined ‘ Unfinished Business ’ , it asked ‘ whether the structures and institutions of British life have been so shaken by six years of Mrs Thatcher that they can no longer fall back into their old ways — or whether more shaking is needed ? ’ |
| 29 | But first , for me everything was interrupted by six years of army service after which like so many others I had to start again . |
| 30 | It will necessitate six years of construction work for 24 hours , seven days a week , which will render many of the homes in that district uninhabitable for substantial periods . |